I was in my senior year of art school, working part time as a carpet layers apprentice, whistling halls of Montezuma in the early 80s. 3 months before my 21st birthday I joined the army....go figure..best choice ever...changed my life forever...not to mention going to Europe and visiting art galleries on my free time.... No matter what the reason...respect to all who served and still serve.
Why not join the Marines? If you had interest in it you should have gone that route. It was more than family men joining ahead of me in my case. The bombing in Beirut pissed me off so much I tried to drop out of high school and enlist at 16. Luckily the USMC required high school graduation and my parents refused to sign until I was 17 and graduating.
And how dense were these guys that they couldn't understand that their little playtime with Cowboy wearing a complete German uniform and holding an fully automatic weapon on his pals while they stood there with arms in the air set up a perfect situation for Charlie or anyone to do exactly what he did. And instead of realizing that their horse play in a very hostile location was what got Cowboy killed.
I think a cooler headed soldier would have crept closer to check it out rather than risk that long range shot, not impossible but, dicey if you aren't an expert
I can see Jack Hogan who was as Kirby with BAR in TV show Combat in 1960s ,who had participated in Korean War, for which I thank him because he had saved South Korea against communist army and makes me watch this movie lying on my bed .
Bakalayan was a very dynamic actor, could play comedy, heavies, side kicks, or sympathetic heroes...one of my favorites, he was around for a long time....
I see now how Jack Hogan got the role of Kirby on "COMBAT!" .... He was perfect in that role and this role as ACE on this movie paved that way.......AWESOME !!!!!!!
"Stand up, buckle up, shuffle to the door! Jump right out and shout Marine Corps!! Doesn't matter who is being depicted. That's what I hear every single time! Semper Fi Devil Dogs! *#GreenBrotherhood*
The Actor playing Charlie His first movie was The Delicate Diliquent Starring Jerry Lewis He played one of the young punks in the Gang Great old Movie also Sadly he passed away in his 80's a few years ago may he RIP Good Actor he was etc.
Why are they all carrying Thompsons? Because it's a movie from American-International (home of teenage werewolves and giant cucumbers bent on conquering the world), and it's aimed at kids, teenage boys overrun with pimples, and young men classified 1-A by General Hershey, and it only runs 70 minutes! They didn't have time to shoot M1's. Saw it when I was 7 with my dad on a double feature with SUBMARINE SEAHAWK at Boston's legendary Mayflower Theatre, and thought it was absolutely GREAT!
I can tell you that in an aircraft with the door open, you CANNOT have a normal conversation. The din is far more than a few from the JM can actually hear him so repeating the commands helps those toward the front of the aircraft. Just a thought as I watched the drop over Salerno.
45:37 Love the sadistic reaction of the G.I as he gleefully watches the German soldier burn and scream to death. Nice touch ! I can see why Tarantino loved this film ;)
I have tried a few times to watch this film, and every time I get put off by the poor continuity and props departments, this wasn’t made long after WWII ended so I would have thought the uniforms and equipment would have been readily available, from the very second they landed I only saw one magazine change, not that they had the webbing to put much in anyway. I will try again and see if I can watch until the end.
Good movie- Can tell it is post-war, by the mg 42. During the war they seldom showed it and if they did, they dubbed in a slower rate of fire. It was so fast firing the pentagon was worried about scaring our troops. We had nothing that fast. Here, they are all dubbed the same speed.
For jaybird from one military guy(army) thanks for your service. Oh jaybird as for the LT. sending his radio guy to go for a looker with the radio, if he was in my battalion and did that I would have busted him down to a BUCK PRIVATE then COURT MARTIAL HIM, and NO THAT IS NOT STADARD PRATICE IN THE ARMY OR MARINES
When do you ever see guys reloading rounds into magazines in the movies? (Rarely, if at all) Everyone with Thompsons, how many mags did they carry? Must have been weighted down? I missed seeing the crate of ammo/magazines.
NAUGH! When I saw this movie (not the real footage) I though of going to Canada to see where Bill Clinton was hiding. I was suckered in by John Wayne in the more realistic movie "The Green Berets". ole Sky Soldier P.S. I had stop watching this movie 7 minutes into it, to much non-trooper BS. Friken makes me sick to watch real stupid tactics and idiots using Thomsons like a water hose.
No, as long as sighted correctly and are enough of an expert, I say this because to simulate James Cagney being shot at in early gangster films, professional sharpshooters with Thompsons would fire at, rather right next to him and strike the wall with real bullets, instead of blasting cap effects, and they were doing it from about 50 yards away
got to love the ww-2 redo movies in the 50's .. germans with mg-42's 1,200 p.m rate of fire 8mm and they can not hit shit ..but usa troops with a 45 acp pistol round can shoot forever
It is hard to believe that the US Army would have allowed this movie to portray special forces troops in such a demeaning manner. No discipline, orders not followed, stupid conduct, talking trash in the ranks and unruly behavior in combat situations. It was NEVER this way when I served; and I was in the Air Force! This is purely Hollywood trash, back then and now. The special forces I knew (Air Commandos) never acted in such a disgusting manner. Well, at least not when they were on duty.
I was shot back in nineteen sixty eight or nine i was a pup seven or eight was an Accident but the dreams i would have.. I would have to crawl in a culvert to avoid being shot going to school an coming home guess they were post traumatic syndrome or some thing no one knew back then I would have horrible nightmares all the time until one night I got up went out side went into the woods an sead look if I'm supposed to die let some animals eat me so this will stop no animals ate me an they stopped crazy huh love life an everyone in it no time for hate less there a pusher man God dam the pusher man.. 😄 ha got ya happy Halloween y'all
There is this US soldier that get's into a German uniform to trick the Germans and another US soldier kills him. The rest I watched was this drama that the buddies of the soldier in the German uniform want revenge. Some people may enjoy this kind of drama, but I just find this annoying.
well, not a bad movie really, however at about the 10:45 mark he sends his radioman, check me if I am wrong, he does have radion on his back, on a look see mission, leaving the LT without a radio, you infantry guys clear me up if thats a standard infantry move, I am Navy so just sayin....
Yes, but if you look at the Skytrains in the beginning of the film they are wearing Operation Market Garden Invasion Stripes. So that clip is really from Sept 1944.
Yes. There were two actually. They were by the 509th Parachute Infantry Bn under Edson Raff. The 509th flew from bases in England and made the 1600 mile flight to North Africa for the first jump. They took off as the 503 PIB and were re-designated literally in flight to the 509th. Believe this was done to prevent confusion with the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment-a completely different organization assigned to the Pacific. In addition to the two jumps into North Africa, the 509th later made jumps in Avellino Italy and Southern France as part of the 1st Allied Airborne Task Force. It would later fight as infantry during the Battle of the Bulge. Raff would go on to command the 507 PIR. The 509th colors were resurrected as a full brigade with the 8th Infantry Division in Germany during the Cold War and then again as an Airborne Battalion Combat Team in Vicenza Italy in 1974. Today the 509th colors fly with a Bn in the 25th Infantry Division
Just about any landscape found in California, an equivalent can be found in Africa including snow and coniferous trees. It's an absolutely GIANORMOUS continent with a huge variation in climates, flora and fauna.
kinda silly movie,,,hundreds parachute in but always same guys get separated from main body,, second ,Noway can you blame the guy for shooting that GI after all he wearing German uniform n actually to hit him at 100 yards with Thompson is one hell of a shot
I'd have to say no I don't think I'll be running across a large open mine field today, especially with the enemy that I can't even see that have their eyes trained on that mine field just waiting for one of us to try it. So sorry but call me whatever you'd like but I know in 10 years I'll be thinking back about this mine field and how meaningless it was for guys to throw their lives away just so one of us could radio HQ and inform them about German troop movement in the area that in reality HQ had already known about for hours, and all that radio call you sent accomplished was to risk the triangulation of HQ's location, plus you probably interrupted them when they were concentrating on how to proceed in the safest way possible. So good job on killing a bunch of kids for the sole purpose of carrying out the bright idea of sending slightly better trained troops into a no win situation that some drunk general came up with while he was taking a dump and reading a 25 cent fiction novel about how a group of ancient Chinese warriors turned the tide during battle and brought about a glorious victory.
MERCI pour ta distribution de Bons Films , Mais je ne comprends RIENS ne parle pas anglais! Si tu peux METTRE DES SOUS-TITRE EN "FRANÇAIS " ca serait hyper sublime pour MOI Merci par avance. PS;Je n'ai qu'un smartphone peux pas changer la langue!🤕🤔 DE michael croes
C130.Rollin Down The Strip Airborne Daddy Gonna Take A Little Trip When That Bird Gets Oh So High Im Gonna Blast Out Into The Sky C B. 1 / 508 ABN. INF. 82 nd ABN . DIV. I967./.68. F G. D.
Not one of the paratroops carries a rifle. That must mean they are all patrol leaders. With rifleman's ammo pouches on their belts. And endless numbers of rounds in invisible magazines.
'Yep..nice catch friend.'..👍😉.. (/-\)..'Loved watching COMBAT on a saturday lunchtime, then goin out into the local parklands to reenact the plot with my mates..helmets,an scrounged kit an BMX bikes as German Zundapps or Harleys an all..😆.'
Ken Lynch (Lieutenant) had 180 credits to his name. He was generally known for portraying law enforcement officers and detectives. He was excellent in this movie.
This jump was made by the 509th Parachute Infantry Bn. The 509th made a 1500 mile flight from England to North Africa to take part in Operation Torch. They mad two jumps within a week’s period. The first jump was accomplished enroute from the 1500 mile flight. Can not imagine the fear and fatigue of making a jump into the unknown after a 1500 mile flight in crowded, noisy and cold C-47s!
My dad wilson simons was with the 509th he was one of the first 500 to jump in north africa. Jumped in italy and faught with darbys rangers in venafro mountains got a silver and a bronze a couple of purple hearts made the jump in Italy behind German lines they called a suicide jump
I like that Servico , unstrapped helmets means to me that soldier is Macho and a hero, and the prick fires a 45 like a machine gun . GOD i wish i was a U S A soldier , ken why they never lose wars , .
They only wear them in the actual jump, while in combat they had a genuine, rationally based fear that the driven air from an explosion shockwave and fill the helmet and get pulled back so fast it would snap their neck from the chinstrap still being on
Looks like most of the Thompsons were M1928. By the time of Normandy most of the Thompsons being used were the cheaper, simpler M1A1 Thompson. Same silhouette but cleaner design with no Blish lock and operating handle on side rather than on top. Saunders carried and M1928 in the series Combat.
@@harrybriscoe7948 No because Thompsons are 3-4 times more expensive to produce and more complex than an M1 as well as there is much more 30 cal ammunition created than .45, why would a gun with more moving parts that are more complex be the make do with weapon?
I always wondered why they never made a movie about my dads outfit the 509th pib they had the first airborne medal of honer paul huff they where the reason all paratroopers where the maroon berets the first American paratroopers to jump into combat the list goes on and on i wish they would do a real movie like band of brothers i watching this i realized i guess this is supposed to be them . my dads gone now i wonder if he seen this picture i bet he would have had a good laugh. If anybody wants to read the the real ginger bread men stand in the door is a really good one .and if Hollywood does a picture do it right those guys deserve a lot of respect
